Werewolf - Werewolf A werewolf in mythology is a person who changes into a wolf, either by purposefully using magic in some manner or by being placed under a curse. In later fictional treatments and popular modern belief this transformation is said to take place at full moon, either for a few nights every month or permanently. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Origins and variations of the word 2 History of the Werewolf 3 Scientific background 4 Werewolves in Modern Fiction 5 Other uses of the term "werewolf" 6.
Werewolf novels - Werewolf novels Werewolf novels are novels which feature werewolves prominently. In many cases the werewolves are used as antagonists, monsters to menace other characters, but in some cases they are presented in a more positive or at least neutral light. Listing of novels featuring werewolves: Animals by John Skipp & Craig Spector Howling Mad by Peter David The Wild by Whitley Strieber The Wolfen by Whitley Streiber The Wolf's Hour by Robert R. McCammon.
Werewolf films - Werewolf films This is a list of films featuring werewolves: An American Werewolf in London An American Werewolf in Paris The Howling Silver Bullet Teen Wolf Teen Wolf Too The Wolf Man (1941) Ginger Snaps.
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Werewolf: The Apocalypse Werewolf: The Apocalypse is an RPG where player characters take upon the roles of different kinds of werewolves belonging to different types of tribes that rival each other, but also have one thing in common, the proctection of Gaia, the planet itself. The types of tribes that exist here are: Black Furies Bone Gnawers Fiaanna Wendigo Glasswalkers Uktena Children Of Gaia Red Talons Get Of Fenris Silent Striders Shadow Lords Silver Fangs.
Jenny Agutter - to a more serious role in I Start Counting (1969). The transition to adult roles was more difficult, and she is still remembered as a teenager rather than as a mature actress. Other Film and Television Appearances Walkabout (1971) Shelley (BBC, 1972) Logan's Run (1976) Othello (1981) An American Werewolf in London (1981) Love's Labour's Lost (BBC, 1985) Awards 1978 - BAFTA (Best Supporting Actress) for Equus. 1972 - Emmy (Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama) for The Snow Goose..
Vilkacis - eyes") was a type of violent monster that was originally a person. It was similar to a werewolf. Occasionally, a vilkacis brought treasure or was otherwise beneficial. Alternative: Vilkatas, Vilkatis.
John Antoine Nau - success, but it was only with the introduction of his best-known characters that he became a household name, with many people naming their houses after him. After a long and productive life, he died in a boating accident, off the coast of Switzerland, where his wife capsized, and he drowned trying to rescue the boat. His body was never found. Here in chronological order is a list of his works. The Bibble La Prostitute Gothique El Grillo El Rond Low Drone High Squeak Pip Squeak La Pheasant du Porpoise Eeny Oony Wanah Pheasant as Werewolf The Golden Glove Two is Pheasant Where is my Underwear? Pheasant gets Married Pheasant Cheats on his Wife Prone to Disease Carry On Pheasant Doctor Kochanowsky's Menagerie The Wayward Merengue The Devillish Desertion of the Dish.
Julie Delpy - enrolled in the summer directing course at New York University. She made her directorial debut with a short film in 1995. Filmography Waking Life - (2001) ER (Television Series) - (2001) MacArthur Park - (2001) Tell Me - (2000) Sand - (2000) Beginner's Luck - (1999) But I'm a Cheerleader - (1999) The Passion of Ayn Rand - (1999) Crime and Punishment (Television Miniseries) - (1998) Los Angeles Without a Map - (1998) Les mille merveilles de l'univers - (1997) An American Werewolf in Paris - (1997) Tykho Moon - (1996) Before Sunrise - (1995) Killing Zoe - (1994) Sunny Side Up - (1994) Three Colors: White - (1993) The Three Musketeers - (1993) Younger and Younger - (1993) Warszawa - (1992) Voyager - (1991) Europa, Europa - (1990) La Noche.
Hogsmeade - couples. Harry and Cho went on their first date here. Honeydukes Sweetshop Honeydukes sells candies of all descriptions. The owners of this place live above the shop. There is a secret passage between here and a statue of a humpbacked witch on the third floor of Hogwarts. The Post Office This place is filled with owls which are color-coded based on how fast you want your letter to get to its destination. The Shrieking Shack This house is supposed to be the most severely haunted building in Britain. The Hogwarts ghosts avoid this place. Fred and George Weasley tried to get in of cource, but failed. This house was built when a werewolf named Remus Lupin arrived at the school. A tunnel was built leading to the house, and the whomping.
Humanoid - story of a primordial humanoid civilization that seeded the galaxy with their DNA, thus causing other humanoid species to emerge. In most cases, however, the reason for the similarity is not explained, and it is regarded simply as a dramatic convention. Humanoid can also used to describe Neanderthals and most non-human primates. Fantasy humanoids Dwarf Hobbit or Halfling Pixie Leprechaun Fairy/Faerie/Faery Elf Troll Brownie Werewolf Vampire Zombie Ghost or Spectre Wight.
Hunter: The Reckoning - no knowledge of the supernatural, but at one point in their lifetime have seen something supernatural,(IE. a vampire feeding, a werewolf changing forms, or a mage "bending reality"). This has "awakened" within them powers, or edges, of their own. Not only has this experience given them powers, but it has driven them mad, to the point that they hunt what has caused this.(IE. You've seen you parents being eating by a werewolf. Now with the your new hunter powers you try to rid the world of all werewolves.).
Ultimate Play The Game - also made an appearance in Killer Instinct by Rare. The story is that Sabre Man fell into the land of Sabre Wulf. When he found the exit, he entered the Underwurlde. Unfortunately he was bitten by the junglewulf at sometime during this, turning him into a lycanthrope (werewolf). The only way he could cure this was to go to Knightlore Castle and employ the talents of the wizard Melkhior to free him from the curse. Once he succeeded here, he then became a Wizard himself for the tasks set in Pentagram. Also see http://dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Action/Sabre_Man_Series/.
Gabriel Knight - curse placed upon his family when an ancestor of his failed in his duty in colonial Charleston centuries ago. The curse has plagued Gabriel's family ever since and intertwines Gabriel's life with the voodoo killer. Gabriel's decision to place love or duty as the priority in his actions provides one of two possible endings. The game was produced using fairly standard Sierra animation techniques. A CD-ROM version featured famous voices such as Tim Curry and Michael Dorn. Gabriel Knight II- The Beast Within*-- The second game in the series follows Gabriel Knight as he struggles to write his second novel. His novel based on the voodoo murders is a bestseller and he has moved to his ancestral home, Schloss Ritter, in the town of Rittersburg, Germany. Gabriel is called upon by.
Ginger Snaps (movie) - Perkins), who are obsessed with death. One day in early October, Ginger is bitten by a werewolf and her sister must try to save her life, before the transformation becomes complete, by the end of the month. The movie is followed by Ginger Snaps 2. Related Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210070/.
Fables and Reflections - they success or failure. It serves mostly as an introduction to the series and to the character of Morpheus, and thus sits a little uncomfortably this far into the series of collections, but makes its points nonetheless. Three Septembers and a January A playful story concerning the (mostly true) history of Joshua Abraham Norton, first, last and only Emperor of the United States of America. Neatly dovetailed with his story is an explanation for his strange career centring on a challenge between Morpheus and Despair. Thermidor An altogether darker story set in the aftermath of the French Revolution. Introducing the character of Lady Johanna Constantine and also, briefly, Orpheus, it is possibly the most political passage of the series, showing Gaiman at his most savagely critical of a regime that goes.
Fantasy bestiary - Nereid Nymph Pixie Satyr Sprite Extraplanar/otherworldly Angel Demon Devil Djinn Efreet Elemental Imp Monsters adapted from outside sources Banshee Behemoth Beholder Basilisk Centaur Cerberus Chimaera Cockatrice Cyclops Doppelgänger Dragon (also, "Wyrm"): European dragon, Chinese dragon Ettin Gargoyle Giant Golem Gorgon (Medusa) Gremlin Griffin Hag Harpy Hippocampus Hippogriff Hobgoblin Homunculus Hydra Illithid (Mind flayer) Ki-rin Kraken Lamia Lindworm Leviathan Manticore Merfolk Minotaur Naga Ogre Phoenix Roc Salamander Sea serpent Sphinx Tarasque Unicorn Werewolf (and other lycanthropes) Wyvern Yeti Monsters created especially for role-playing games Gelatinous cube Githyanki Undead Banshee Ghost Ghoul Lich Mummy Revenant Skeleton Spectre Vampire Wight Wraith Zombie See also Cryptozoology Monster Legendary creature list of races in role-playing games.
Feet of Clay - Wee Mad Arthur are chased by the king golem, and manage to escape. The king falls a great height and is smashed on the ground, but Fred is amazed when the golem starts to piece itself back together. Vimes is visited by the heads of the Guilds, who have been told to search his desk. They are overpowered by the smell of whiskey, and see Vimes slumped over his desk. They find a packet of powder in the desk, but Vimes eats the contents. He knew the whiskey was planted in his desk so that he would be tempted, and swapped the arsenic planted there for a packet of sugar. He then realises how the Patrician is being poisoned; he goes to the palace to question Miss Easy, and finds that.
Frank Oz - in Star Wars films between 1980 and 2002 (with one more film planned for shooting in 2003). Yoda first appeared in 1980's The Empire Strikes Back. Oz had a great deal of creative input on the character, and was himself responsible for creating the character's trademark style of reversed grammar. As an actor, Oz appeared in 1980 as a corrections officer in The Blues Brothers movie, directed by John Landis. He also appeared in later Landis movies An American Werewolf in London and Trading Places (1983). In 1998, Oz portrayed a warden in Blues Brothers 2000. Oz began his behind-the-camera work when he co-directed the fantasy film The Dark Crystal with long-time collaborator Jim Henson. The film featured the most advanced puppets ever created for a movie. Oz further employed those.
English folklore - a blue faced witch who lives in a cave in the Dane Hills of Leicestershire, and who goes out onto the glens at night looking for unsuspecting children and lambs to eat, then hangs their skins around her waist. This legend is of disputed origin, some say it is based on a Fifteenth century hermit called Agnes Scott, while others say it is much older and probably Celtic in origin. Folklore Legends of the North East Folklore Legends of the North West Folklore Legends of the South Coast Folklore Legends of the South West The Reynardine is a werewolf of Dartmoor who attracts beautiful women to him so that he can take them away to his castle. This legend was popularised by a folk song by the band Fairport Convention. Folklore.
Discworld characters - possibly the most powerful witch on the Disc Nanny Ogg Magrat Garlick; Queen of Lancre Agnes Nitt others Tiffany Aching Miss Tick Members of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch (which has an active policy of recruiting amongst ethnic minorities): Sir Samuel Vimes, Duke of Ankh, Commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, the Disc's tallest dwarf (by adoption), Captain of the City Watch Sergeant Fred Colon, a human Corporal Cecil "Nobby" Nobbs, probably human Sergeant Detritus, a troll Corporal Angua, a werewolf Corporal Cheery Littlebottom, a dwarf, and the Watch's forensics expert Dorfl, a golem Igor, an igor Anthropomorphic personifications: Death (the Grim Reaper; resembles a skeleton in a black robe, carrying a scythe) Time Ronnie Soak, the milkman War (and possibly also Mrs. War and their children Terror, Panic,.
